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These deeds are strays from the main Vernon archive, which is divided between the Cheshire and Derbyshire Record Offices. They comprise the marriage settlement of the Hon.

The collection comprises about 3,100 photographs and 450 postcards and range in date from the beginning of the 20th century to the 1980s, and thus cover the heyday of the railways.

The map is the oldest known cartographic depiction of Hove and shows it when it was farmed as open fields or 'laines' before they disappeared under the 19th century development of Brighton and Hove.

Frederick Temple (1821-1902) and William Temple (1881-1944) were the only father and son who were Archbishops of Canterbury, respectively in 1896-1902 and 1942-44. This acquisition complements the Temple papers already held at Lambeth.

The library of Florence Court was in the main collected by William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-86), an enthusiastic amateur scientist. The library was removed by his descendents, but the Trust has been able to buy nearly 500 back for the house.

This archive relates to a family, with all its marriage alliances, spanning 700 years. The core is the family and estate papers of Hattons of Kirby Hall and Holdenby, Northamptonshire.

G. King & Son of Norwich (est. 1927) was the leading conservator of stained glass for much of the 20th century and Dennis King was closely involved with the Corpus Vitrearum project in England.

Personal accounts of the lives of working people are extremely rare in any century, and one of a painter and glazier in 19th century Salisbury, in two volumes running to 736 closely written pages, caused much interest in Wiltshire. In 1881 William Small sat down and wrote about his life, his family and acquaintances, and his home city. These subjects were embellished with poetry and items of interest gleaned from the national press, together with historical notes on Salisbury from published works.

The map of Toulston, near Tadcaster, adds to the records of the Fairfax family which are held by the Record Office.

The Trust bought 10 lots at the sale, including letters of William & Mary Wordsworth to William's cousin Edward Ferguson of 1837 and books owned and annotated by the poet.